Programme Lead - Vulnerbailtiy Management
Posted Today by Xcede
Negotiable
Inside
Remote
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Programme Lead – Vulnerability Management is a hands-on leadership role focused on stabilizing and improving an enterprise vulnerability management function over a 6-month contract. The position requires active SC Clearance and involves providing operational direction while leading a vulnerability management improvement programme. The role demands extensive experience in vulnerability management and the ability to work in a high-pressure environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the vulnerability management improvement programme end-to-end
- Stabilise and provide direction to analysts, SMEs and project managers
- Assess current processes and implement improved operating models
- Drive optimisation across tooling, reporting and remediation workflows
- Act as senior stakeholder interface across cyber, IT and business teams
- Translate vulnerability data into clear business risk and action plans
- Oversee delivery of multiple improvement workstreams
- Produce operating models, presentations and programme updates
- Remove blockers and drive measurable risk reduction
Key Skills:
- Extensive leadership experience within vulnerability management
- Track record of maturing or turning around security functions
- Strong knowledge of end-to-end vulnerability lifecycle and remediation
- Experience with enterprise tooling (e.g. Tenable) and reporting
- Proven ability to operate strategically while remaining hands-on
- Excellent stakeholder and change management capability
- Comfortable working in fast-paced, high-pressure environments
- Able to quickly assess, prioritise and deliver improvements
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Greater London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Programme Lead – Vulnerability Management 6-month contract Market rate - Inside IR35 Remote working Active SC Clearance is essential to be considered We are seeking an experienced Vulnerability Management Programme Lead to stabilise, mature, and drive improvement across an enterprise vulnerability management function. This is a hands-on leadership contract where you will step into a high-pressure environment, provide operational direction, and lead the delivery of a vulnerability management improvement programme while supporting day-to-day risk reduction.
Responsibilities
- Lead the vulnerability management improvement programme end-to-end
- Stabilise and provide direction to analysts, SMEs and project managers
- Assess current processes and implement improved operating models
- Drive optimisation across tooling, reporting and remediation workflows
- Act as senior stakeholder interface across cyber, IT and business teams
- Translate vulnerability data into clear business risk and action plans
- Oversee delivery of multiple improvement workstreams
- Produce operating models, presentations and programme updates
- Remove blockers and drive measurable risk reduction
Skills & Experience
- Extensive leadership experience within vulnerability management
- Track record of maturing or turning around security functions
- Strong knowledge of end-to-end vulnerability lifecycle and remediation
- Experience with enterprise tooling (e.g. Tenable) and reporting
- Proven ability to operate strategically while remaining hands-on
- Excellent stakeholder and change management capability
- Comfortable working in fast-paced, high-pressure environments
- Able to quickly assess, prioritise and deliver improvements